potence
[ poht-ns ]
noun
Origin of potence
11375–1425; late Middle English <Old French <Latin potentiapotency
Words Nearby potence
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How to use potence in a sentence
In truth, the concentration of his thought on the fragment of stone had been enough of itself to give a talisman occult potence.
Heart of the Blue Ridge | Waldron BailyGenius has never fruited to full bloom and potence, because the mothers have so seldom realised the greatness of their task.
Feminism and Sex-Extinction | Arabella KenealyThey rob them, accordingly, of the greatest transfiguring potence and happiness of life.
Feminism and Sex-Extinction | Arabella KenealyA rapid occupation Must start the needful perspiration, And through thy frame the liquor's potence fling.
Faust | Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheTheir left was arranged en potence, their right was drawn up in echelon.
First and Last | H. Belloc
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